We’re not even through the first day of 2014 and cyber attacks have already made their appearance. Earlier today, a person (or a few people) breached Skype’s security and hacked its Twitter account, Facebook page, and blog. The group claiming responsibility is the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). Its message: end spying on the public.

UPDATE: Minutes after we published this post, it appeared that Skype regained control and deleted the hacker messages from Twitter and Facebook, while its blog is being automatically redirected to Skype’s homepage now.

A Skype spokesperson responded to TNW with a statement: “We recently became aware of a targeted cyber attack that led to access to Skype’s social media properties, but these credentials were quickly reset. No user information was compromised.”

The Skype team has also taken to Twitter to acknowledge the hack and reassure users.

You may have noticed our social media properties were targeted today. No user info was compromised. We’re sorry for the inconvenience.

The SEA’s official Twitter account also repeated the messages that were posted on Skype’s social media profiles and blog.

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Today’s events are most likely linked to the US National Security Agency’s surveillance programs uncovered by former contractor Edward Snowden. Many tech companies, including Skype’s parent company, Microsoft, have taken steps to refute claims that they have been cooperating with the government.